Thank you to Cliff Lamere and Elsie Saar for their replies to my Lancaster problem. I sent letters to both Christ Church and the Historical Society. Had very nice feed back from the "historian" at Christ Church (also historian for the city of Hudson), and still looking forward to hearing from the Historical Society. It was a longshot all along, as my family probably wasn't in Hudson very long, but I'm very grateful for the responses. Thank you. Loree Muldowney Palm Desert, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loree" <Loree@dc.rr.com> To: "Loree" <Loree@dc.rr.com> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: Fw: [NYCOLUMB] Birth /baptismal info in Hudson, c. 1834 > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Cliff Lamere" <clifflamere@nycap.rr.com> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:24 AM > To: <nycolumb@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [NYCOLUMB] Birth /baptismal info in Hudson, c. 1834 > >> Loree, >> >> NY birth certificates began to be issued in 1881. >> >> Church records are the best source of birth information for 1834. An >> Episcopal church in Hudson was Christ Church which began about 1803. >> St. Mary's Catholic Church started in 1847, too late for you. >> >> You can contact Christ Church by using the following link to all >> Episcopal churches in Columbia County. >> >> http://www.albanyepiscopaldiocese.org/churches/columbia.html >> >> I could not find a website for the church. >> >> Cliff >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Loree wrote: >> >>>Would anyone have some advice for finding some proof of an ancestor's >>>birth or baptism in Hudson, Columbia about 1834? I don't believe NY had >>>records. It sounds like any Catholic church record keeping might not have >>>begun until 1841. And I've not been able to find any history of an early >>>Anglican church. >>> >>>My person is CHRISTIANA /CHRISTINA LANCASTER. She claimed her birth in >>>Hudson about 1834. >>> >>>Her parents (James Lancaster and Mary Stock) had two children born first >>>in Lancashire England before emigrating. In England, the family had >>>marriages and baptisms in both the Roman Catholic and Anglican /or Church >>>of England parishes. They might have used either in the USA. >>> >>>I think the family was only in Hudson for a short time, maybe arriving >>>shortly before Christiana's birth. By 1840, the family had migrated to >>>Taunton, Massachusetts. >>> >>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>Thank you. >>>Loree Muldowney >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NYCOLUMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: 05/09/10 >> 23:26:00 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2863 - Release Date: 05/08/10 23:26:00